Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide

New Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A glance at 600 pieces of world art essence

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※Editor's Choice※

☆This book is the guidebook updated for the first time in thirty years by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It selects more than 600 works and organizes them by exhibition department, fully demonstrating the museum's rich and diverse collections.

☆One book provides an overview of the essence of art in the world. The works selected in this book cover fine arts from all over the world over the past 6,000 years, including oil paintings and sculptures by European and American masters, oriental ink paintings, woodcarvings of African and Oceanian aborigines, and distinctive weapons, armors, and costumes. design etc.

☆Picture and text collocation, easy to read. The pictures in the book have been fully updated, and the color reproduction is more accurate. The text descriptions are written by experts from each exhibition department, explaining the creative background and artistic style of the works.

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※brief introduction※

This guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, rewritten for the first time in thirty years, introduces six hundred of the museum's most iconic collections, presenting six thousand years of visual culture from around the world. The whole book was completed by all the curators of 17 exhibition departments, and the curator Thomas P. Campbell wrote the introduction himself. Each artwork is accompanied by beautiful pictures and up-to-date explanatory text, which can be used as a tour guide or an art book.

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※Media recommendation※

Teachers of any grade can use this guide as a primer on six thousand years of art from around the world.

--"New York Times"